Middle East

UAE resumes flights with Syria on March 26

Syrian Transport Ministry announced on Thursday that the flights between the UAE capital Abu Dhabi and the city of Latakia will be resumed starting on March 26.

“The flights will be conducted every Tuesday to cover the large demand for travel from the UAE to Syria،” Syrian Transport Ministry said in a statement.

In December، A flight from Damascus landed in Tunisia’s Habib Bourguiba Airport، marking the first direct flight between the two countries since the outbreak of Syria’s civil war eight years ago، according to Middle East Monitor.

The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus marking a big diplomatic boost for President Bashar al-Assad from a U.S.-allied Arab state that once backed rebels fighting him، Reuters reported.